Eunuch Yu led the people and lit up the lamps in the royal study one by one.
The flickering candlelight illuminated Zhu Feng's face.
It also illuminated the face of Cheng Guogong Wu Yingqiu standing in front of the royal case and bowing his hands in salute.
His face was full of wrinkles, and when he smiled, the wrinkles were layered on top of each other, making his expression look unreal.
"By the way, this time the imperial concubine and empress are happy, and I haven't had time to congratulate the emperor."
Zhu Feng glanced at him, and smiled lightly: "The Duke really cares about everything, big or small, you care about my affairs."
"As the saying goes, eating the king's salary and taking care of the king's worries, how dare a humble minister be slack in the slightest."
"I am very pleased that you have such a heart."
The two of them talked for a long time, and they had settled on some major issues recently. Zhu Feng also stood up from behind the case and walked slowly to the front. Wu Yingqiu hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it. Sit down in front of the chair and motion for him to sit down.
Wu Ying pleaded guilty and sat obliquely on the edge of the chair.
Eunuch Yu brought some hot tea with him.
Wu Yingqiu picked up the teacup, gently flicked the tea foam with the lid of the teacup, lowered his head and said, "By the way, I heard that the emperor has gone to Zhujian Academy a few days ago."
"good."
"I don't know that academy—is there any problem?"
Zhu Feng glanced at him, and said lightly: "I have read the academy, and there is nothing wrong with it."
"Before that, they spread so many rumors against the emperor..."
"Students, it's always like this, alarmist talk."
"Then how does the emperor plan to deal with them?"
"I have already decided that at the opening ceremony of the Da Ci'en Temple, let these students come and give tributes by themselves to show their loyalty to the imperial court."
"oh?"
Wu Yingqiu hesitated for a moment, then frowned slightly and said, "Aren't these students against the imperial court? Would they do this?"
Zhu Feng said lightly: "Today, the people in the academy have already agreed."
"oh?"
Wu Yingqiu opened his eyes wide in surprise: "They actually agreed? How could it be?"
Zhu Feng said: "Who dares to say no to my order."
Wu Yingqiu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said with a smile: "The emperor has a way."
Zhu Feng said: "However, I am still worried about them. These students have read a lot of books and know a lot, so they will inevitably think a lot. If there are only one or two such people, it doesn't matter, but if there are many such people, Inevitably, there will be more things.”
"..."
"On the day of the ceremony, I need the absolute safety of the Da Ci'en Temple."
Wu Yingqiu hurriedly got up and said: "The emperor has just ordered, I have already written down, this time not only Jin Yiwei and the imperial guards, but also my ministers, I will never allow anyone to disturb the emperor's grand ceremony."
Zhu Feng looked at him and said with a faint smile, "With the Duke here, I can rest assured."
"Don't dare, dare not."
The two of them chatted for a while. At this time, Eunuch Yu came in with a young eunuch, holding a stack of memorials in his hand. Zhu Feng took a look and said, "Sent from Peking?"
"If you go back to the emperor, yes."
Zhu Feng nodded: "Put it on the table."
"yes."
Seeing this, Wu Yingqiu got up immediately and said: "The emperor still has memorials to review, so I will not disturb the emperor. I hope the emperor will rest earlier and take care of the dragon body."
Zhu Feng nodded: "Duke has been busy these few days, take a good rest, you will be tired on the day of the ceremony."
"yes."
Wu Yingqiu saluted, then turned and left.
Zhu Feng walked to the imperial case, looked at the pile of memorials on it, and then turned his head to look at the sky outside, it was already dark.
Eunuch Yu said softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to take a nap before reviewing the memorial?"
Zhu Feng thought for a while and said, "No need."
Eunuch Yu just wanted to persuade him that he had been exhausted all day for the restructuring of the Grand Ceremony, and he should take a rest at this time, otherwise the dragon body would not be able to bear the fatigue.
However, before he could speak, he saw Zhu Feng push open the door and walk out.
Eunuch Yu hurriedly followed: "The emperor is going to—"
Zhu Feng didn't turn his head back: "Go to Yikun Palace to have a look."
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Yu immediately beamed with joy: "Hey!"
He waved to the back and asked people to close the door of the imperial study, and then ran a few steps to follow behind Zhu Feng. Now the imperial concubine is pregnant, which is a great joy. The emperor goes to see her every day, and he is in a good mood Quite a lot.
It's just that there is no way to rest in Yikun Palace.
Probably thinking about going to see Nan Yan, Zhu Feng's footsteps were also striding for a while, and Eunuch Yu had to trot to catch up, but when he got to a place not far from Yikun Palace, he saw Brightly lit look.
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Well, is there someone inside?"
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Sitting on the couch, Nan Yan looked at Feng Qianyan who was kneeling in front of her, and said with a half-smile, "Concubine Kang, what are you doing? Well, why did you kneel down for me?"
"The imperial concubine."
Feng Qianyan's stature was not very high, she was similar to Nan Yan, with a petite body, kneeling on the ground like this, with her shoulders on both sides slightly raised, and her hands clasped on her knees, she looked extraordinarily slender and weak, like a flower The buds are average.
She lowered her head and said softly: "Concubine, this concubine is here to plead guilty to the imperial concubine."
"Apologize? Why are you guilty?"
"Concubine—it is a crime to make the imperial concubine unhappy."
"oh?"
Nan Yan raised her eyebrows: "I am so powerful, does it make you so scared?"
"Of course not. The imperial concubine is approachable, gentle and amiable, and no one in the harem knows that."
Feng Qianyan raised her head and looked at her with wide eyes. Looking at her like this, her chin was pointed, her eyes were big, and her frightened expression looked very pitiful. I beg the concubine to forgive me this time because I am young and ignorant when I first entered the palace."
What she said didn't explain exactly how she "offended" the imperial concubine, she just blindly admitted her mistake. From the perspective of ordinary people, she really came to "surrender".
However, Nan Yan looked at her with a smile, but there was no trace of a smile in her eyes.
She said, "Get up and talk."
"..."
"So as not to aggravate the injury on your foot again."
Feng Qianyan lowered his head and slowly got up from the ground, but at this moment, Eunuch Yu's voice came from outside the door: "The emperor is here."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan hurriedly stood up from the couch.
When Feng Qianyan heard this, she knelt down immediately.
"Welcome to the emperor."
"Welcome to the emperor."
In the voices of two people, Zhu Feng slowly walked in from the outside.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Feng Qianyan kneeling in front of Nanyan, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"